tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post5959132376582275794..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Welcome to the brave new world of music bloggingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-79180645373190962032014-05-14T21:22:48.906+01:002014-05-14T21:22:48.906+01:00Slipped Disc is to blogging what the Daily Mail is...Slipped Disc is to blogging what the Daily Mail is to journalism. Thank you, my dear Overgrown path, for being the voice of those who still care about integrity and quality. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-40704671085834005842014-05-14T18:15:13.716+01:002014-05-14T18:15:13.716+01:00Elaine, you are, of course, quite right. The sad t...Elaine, you are, of course, quite right. The sad thing is that the "blog because I want to" bloggers are becoming a threatened species, leaving the field wide open for the "blog because I have a commercial agenda to pursue" bloggers. <br /><br />There is a technicl name for this disingenuous blend of editorial and advertising which Sinfini pioneered in classical music and which Norman Lebrecht has adopted: it is called 'native advertising' - http://www.theguardian.com/media-network-outbrain-partner-zone/native-advertising-quality-scalabilityhttps://digiday.com/publishers/native-ads-or-advertorials/ Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-26267283355810356242014-05-14T17:57:55.896+01:002014-05-14T17:57:55.896+01:00Don't you think that Norman's blog was alw...Don't you think that Norman's blog was always about commercialism? From where I sit, in a household of "blog because you want to" bloggers (i.e. we don't do it for money) Slipped Disc seemed more of a gossip website that called itself a blog than a music blog.Elaine Finehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.com